'TIS THE SEASON FOR LOVE-AND SCANDAL!

Lord Fallon felt duty bound to restore his family's disreputable name to social respectability. All that stood in his way was Scandalbroth, an upcoming tome of notorious indiscretions in which the Fallons featured most prominently.

So Miss Jane Ryder, secretary to the dowager author of the anticipated tell-all, offered to accompany Fallon to his estate to research a more proper history-his lordship's own-that might overshadow past scandal. But her good intentions stirred up unexpected passions. . . .